2001 Dodge RAM 1500

THERE IS VIBRATION WHEN HITTING A BUMP AT 60-65 MPH. DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT TIE ROD.BUT, IT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM.*AKCONSUMER ADDS THAT THIS IS NOT JUST VIBRATIONS BUT INTENSE ASCILLATIONS THAT ALTERNATE LEFT TO RIGHT. THE BOUNCING MAKES THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND WILL NOT SUBSIDE UNTIL BROUGHTR TO A COMPLETE STOP. UPON CHECKING SEVERAL TIMES, THE TIRES WERE CHOPPY AND NEEDED REPLACING, THE TRACK BAR NEEDED REPLACING, AND A SPECIAL PART FOR THE TIE ROD WAS ORDERED, ALSO THE LEFT MIRROR WAS NOT HEATING, ALSO THE CLOCK SPRING WAS REPLACED, ALSO TIRES WERE SHOWING WEAR.. *JG

THIS TRUCK IS OWNED BY SACRAMENTO COUNTY. OUR DRIVER PROCEEDED FROM A GREEN LIGHT INTO THE INTERSECTION. ANOTHER CAR TRAVELLING PERPENDICULAR TO OURS RAN THEIR RED LIGHT. OUR TRUCK IMPACTED ABOUT AT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. WE "T-BONED" THE OTHER CAR. DURING THIS ACCIDENT THE CAR TRAVELLING BESIDE OURS COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF OUR TRUCK. TWO HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. THEY ESTIMATED THE SPEED OF COLLISION FOR OUR TRUCK AT OVER 25 MPH. THE AIRBAGS IN BOTH OF THE OTHER VEHICLES DEPLOYED. WE DID ALERT DODGE TO THIS EVENT. THEY CHECKED THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND FOUND NO FAULTS. WE ARE STILL CONCERNED BECAUSE A SHORT TIME LATER WE HAD ANOTHER FRONT END COLLISION WITH A TREE IN A 2001 DODGE RAM 1500 AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WILL REPORT THIS ACCIDENT ON A SEPARATE QUESTIONAIRE. THE REPORT WE GOT BACK FROM DODGE WAS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE FIRST ONE WHICH MAKES US WONDER HOW THOUROUGH AN INVESTIGATION THEY PERFORM. ALSO THE REPORT FOR THE ACCIDENT IN THIS QUESTIONAIRE STATED THAT THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT WAS DISSIPATED THROUGH THE PERPENDICULAR TRAVEL OF THE VEHICLE TO OUR TRUCK. THE HIGHWAY PATROL AT THE ACCIDENT HAVE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO TRAVEL FOR OUR TRUCK IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR IT HIT. THIS INCOMPLETE OR UNTRUE CONCLUSION FROM DODGE ALSO MAKES ME SUSPICIOUS OF THE QUALITY OF THEIR INVESTIGATION. ALSO, TALKING TO A DODGE REP. WHO INVESTIGATES THESE EVENTS I WAS TOLD THAT THEY RARELY SEE THE AIR BAG GO OFF WHEN THEIR CAR HITS ANOTHER AS OURS DID (T-BONE). ONE LAST COMMENT, THIS FORM WOULD BE MUCH EASIER IF I COULD SEE ALL OF MY TYPED COMMENTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE LINE. THANK YOU.*AK

MY TRUCK HAS AN ENGINE MISS, THAT IS CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURES OWN ENGINEERS WHO SAY THERE IS NO KNOWN SOLUTION. DC REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR COMITTMENT AND HAS FAILED IN THEIR SO CALLED ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR. THE CLOCKSPRING HAS TWICE BEEN REPLACED, FIRST AFTER IT BROKE TWO DAYS AFTER THE DC REP INSPECTED MY TRUCK BUT REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE CONCERNS. SECOND TIME WAS THE RECALL 982 WHICH WAS PERFORMED ON 7/9/01. THE NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL HAS SINCE RETURNED AND THE STEERING AT TIMES GETS TIGHT WHILE TURNING RIGHT. THE FIRST CLOCKSPRING THAT BROKE WAS ALSO AFTER THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT. THE BRAKES WILL SHUDDER WHEN COMING TO A STOP, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR DRUMS AT ONE POINT BUT REFUSED TO PROCEDE FURTHER. ON 5/13/01 COMING TO AN INTERSECTION THE TRUCKS REAR TIRES LOCKED UP AND THE TRUCK ENTERED THE INTERSECTION APPROX. 1/3 TO 1/2 THE LENGTH OF THE TRUCK, ON 11/17/01WHILE RETURNING HOME I NOTICED A BURNT ODOR AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK, A FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED SMOKE COMING FROM THE WHEELS, TOUCHING THE REAR WHEEL IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH. SO HOT IN FACT I PULLED MY HAND AWAY BEFORE I WAS BURNT. FRONT TIRES STILL SHOW EXTREME SIGNS OF WEAR , DEALER HAS REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER. IN FACT DEPENDABLE DODGE OF VERO BEACH ON 5/14/01 TOLD ME DC ORDERED THAT NO FURTHER WORK BE DONE ON MY TRUCK. THEY IN FACT STATED THEY WILL BREACH THEIR WARRANTY. *AK